Conceptualizing 2000 Proactive Planning

Conceptualizing 2000: Proactive Planning is written by a number of national community college leaders. Its purpose is to convey the needs of the decade ahead & to sketch a new framework for planning - & action. As the writers who have contributed their talents clearly tell us, it is time for new approaches. This book presents a broad range of action-oriented responses to the challenges which lie ahead. Conceptualizing 2000 does not offer a generic guide to an anticipated future, but rather a working handbook for the American community college in the unpredictable 1990s. Whether the ancient Chinese dictum, "May you live in interesting times," will be a blessing or a curse depends on the determination & ingenuity of leaders in higher education. As institutions reach different stages of organizational growth there are new & more complex expectations placed on them. This book introduces a new planning model to help institutions respond. Individual chapters deal with environmental conditions; institutional climate & commitment; staff & institutional leaders; value based action; local, statewide, & global planning; faculty, administrative, & institutional renewal; equality of opportunity; institutional effectiveness; access to higher education; successful linkages; research; urban community colleges; collegial collaboration; change & institutional learning technology; & the planning/development link.Angel, Dan is the author of 'Conceptualizing 2000 Proactive Planning' with ISBN 9780871172266 and ISBN 0871172267.